Whirlpool Corporation

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Whirlpool S.a.

Whirpool Corporation

Guolian Wu

Steven John Kuehl

Nihat O Cur

Andrew David Litch

Paul B Allard

James William Kendall

Douglas David Leclear

Marcus Roland Fischer

John J Vonderhaar

Andrew Michael Tenbarge

Alan Stevenson Lucas

Alberto Regio Gomes

Jerry M Visin

Michele Wilcox

Axel Julio Ramm

Martin D Lewis

Rameet Singh Grewal

Jim J Pastryk

Marcos Heinzle

Robert Bradley

Kevin Michael Chase

Lorraine Joan Westlake

Peter Richmond

Stephen L Keres

Luiz Antonio D Lopes

Jurgen Pannock

Michael A Kahwaji

Anderson Bortoletto

Timothy T Murphy

Ali Kaylan

Claiton E Amaral

Mianxue Wu

Raveendran Vaidhyanathan

Tushar Kulkarni

Armando Luisi

Timothy A Kee

Christopher Paul Campbell

Shawn F Olsson

Luis Fernando Welin

Claiton Emilio Do Amaral

Luciana Wasnievski Da Silva

Jean Marcelo Ferreira

Alexander J Karp

Douglas David LeClear

Anne Margaret McSweeney

Murray Malone Mallard

Gregory R Garavalia

Jocelyn Leia Pollack

Luis Antonio D Lopes

Jay F Perkins

Michael T Kopczewski

Glenn S Daehn

Jerold Michael Visin

Jeffery J Anselmino

Jon D Tromblee

Dan R Maxwell

Marcio Roberto Thiessen

John Joseph Vonderhaar

Heng Tong Pit

Luiz Afrânio Alves Ferreira

Jeffery T DeBord

Kenneth Scheffler Scheffler

Stephen J Kuehl

Alan D Greer

James Jacob Morton, Jr

Jeffrey A Miller

Luiz A Lopez

A method includes supplying, using a water supply coupled to a tub of a dishwasher, water into the tub, wherein the tub includes a sump and a sprayer; circulating, using a circulation circuit coupled to the sump and the sprayer, the water from a sump to the sprayer; storing, using a water tank coupled to the circulation circuit, the circulated water from the circulation circuit on completion of a first phase; drawing heat, using a supply side of a thermoelectric module system coupled to the circulation circuit and the water tank, from the stored water in the water tank from the first phase; and outputting, using an output side of the thermoelectric module system, heat to the circulated water in the circulation circuit for a second phase.

Thermoelectric heat pump recovery and dish drying system for domestic dishwasher

A vacuum insulated cabinet structure includes panels having sheet metal outer side walls and polymer inner side walls. The polymer inner side walls are heat-sealed to a layer of polymer material laminated to a flat sheet metal blank to form vacuum cavities. The blank is then bent along fold lines to form a cabinet structure.

Method of making a folded insulated structure

A method for creating a vacuum insulated panel including preforming a continuous insulation member having male and female engaging surfaces and providing a barrier film envelope having an opening. The insulation member is disposed within the barrier film envelope and a tooling fixture is pressed against the barrier film envelope to press the barrier film envelope against the male and female engaging surfaces to remove gas from between the barrier film envelope and the male and female engaging surfaces. Substantially all gas is removed from within the barrier film envelope so that the barrier film envelope substantially conforms to an exterior surface of the insulation member. The opening of the barrier film envelope is then hermetically sealed, wherein the barrier film envelope forms a continuous layer over the core insulation member to form a vacuum insulated panel.

Vacuum packaged 3D vacuum insulated door structure and method therefor using a tooling fixture

Method of making a folded vacuum insulated structure

A vacuum insulated door structure includes a first wall having a first edge and a barrier layer, a second wall having a second barrier layer and a second edge coupled to the first wall member proximate the first perimetrical edge. The second wall includes at least four inner side walls and a back wall that defines a second wall offset. At least one tubular member extends between the first wall member and the second wall offset, wherein an inner conduit surface of the tubular member provides fluid communication between the first wall outer facing surface and the second wall outer facing surface. A cavity insulation material is disposed within a cavity volume defined between the first and second walls, wherein the cavity volume is hermetically sealed, and wherein the cavity volume includes an at least partial vacuum.

Vacuum insulated door structure and method for the creation thereof

A method and system is provided which receives a desired humidity level from a user for the refrigeration compartment of a refrigerator, determines the current humidity level, and then activates an atomizer in the refrigeration compartment to increase the humidity level if needed. The humidity in the refrigeration compartment may be determined based at least in part on the temperature of the refrigeration compartment, the defrost timer, the door opening times, and the compressor timer.

Systems and methods for multi-sense control algorithm for atomizers in refrigerators

An ice making apparatus for an appliance includes a housing that has an interior volume and an ice tray horizontally suspended across the interior volume that is configured to retain water. The ice making apparatus also includes a heat pump thermally coupled to a bottom surface of the ice tray. The heat pump is configured to freeze water in the ice tray and expel heat. A heat transfer device is configured to move heat expelled by the heat pump to an upper portion of the interior volume.

Use of thermoelectric elements for clear ice making, ice harvesting, and creating a temperature condition for clear ice making

A refrigerator includes a vacuum insulated cabinet structure having side walls that are formed from a tube that has been folded/deformed into a structure having an 'O' shape with vertically enlarged front and rear openings. The interior of the tube may be filled with silica powder or other filler, and a vacuum is formed within the tube. An insulated rear panel may be utilized to close off the rear opening of the vacuum insulated cabinet structure.

Vacuum insulated structure tubular cabinet construction

A method and apparatus for an adaptive heat pump clothes dryer is provided. The clothes dryer includes an air flow path, a plurality of sensors, a bypass and a hardware controller. The air flow path is configured to circulate air through the clothes dryer. The sensors are located at multiple points on the air flow path and are configured to detect a plurality of measurements. The bypass is located on the air flow path between an outlet of a drum and an inlet of a heat pump and is configured to divert an amount of the water vapor from the air flow path. The hardware controller is configured to control the amount of water vapor expelled from the air flow path by adjusting the bypass using a partial condensation fraction based on the plurality of measurements.

Adaptive heat pump clothes dryer

A method of forming a vacuum insulated refrigerator cabinet, the method comprising providing first and second sheets of material. The first sheet of material is thermoformed over a first forming tool forming a first intermediate structure. The first intermediate structure is then thermoformed over a second forming mold to create a second intermediate structure. The second sheet of material is then sealing connected with the second intermediate structure forming an annular space. A vacuum is created in the annular space creating a vacuum insulated cabinet.

Method to create vacuum insulated cabinets for refrigerators

A refrigeration system including a suction line heat exchanger having a first conduit including a refrigerant liquid which flows inside of the first conduit from the condenser to the evaporator. Also the refrigeration system includes a second conduit in thermal communication with the first conduit and includes a refrigerant fluid, typically a vapor, which flows inside of the second conduit in an opposite direction of flow from the first conduit from the evaporator to the compressor. Additionally, at least one heating device is in thermal communication with at least one of the first conduit and second conduit and is configured to communicate with a refrigeration control system to apply heat along a portion of both the first conduit and the second conduit adjacent to the heating device thereby regulating the flow rate of the refrigerant liquid in the first conduit and the second conduit.

Variable expansion device with thermal choking for a refrigeration system

A high-efficiency air conditioning system for conditioning a plurality of rooms within an interior of a building, the air conditioning system including: two separate rooms within a building, a single outdoor unit a refrigerant flow pathway that includes a plurality of refrigerant conduits having a common refrigerant flow path portion and at least two divergent flow path portions, a first divergent flow path where the first evaporator and second evaporator are in parallel with one another; at least one throttling device and at least a first indoor air handling unit positioned within and providing cooling to the first room and a second indoor air handling unit positioned within and providing cooling to a second room. The compressor is incapable of simultaneously supplying both the first evaporator and the second evaporator at their full cooling capacity.

Air conditioning systems for at least two rooms using a single outdoor unit

A refrigerator cooling system and method provides cooling to one or more features of a refrigerator by employing a secondary cooling loop that utilizes the excess cooling capacity of an evaporator to selectively provide supplemental cooling to the features when a thermal demand arises.

Refrigerator cooling system having secondary cooling loop

A refrigerator includes a secondary cooling path for circulating liquid coolant through the refrigerator wherein the liquid coolant is cooled by the freezer compartment and wherein the liquid coolant cools the ice maker and the ice bin as the liquid coolant circulates through the secondary cooling path. A pump is positioned along the secondary cooling path for pumping the liquid coolant through the secondary cooling path. A tube having a first end proximate the pump and an opposite end exposed to atmosphere may control suction pressure associated with the pump. The refrigerator reduces frost build up through configuration of the secondary cooling path or performing ice harvesting operations which melt frost. The secondary cooling path may be used to provide for circulating hot liquid. The secondary cooling path may be used to provide for circulating liquid coolant during a power outage.

Secondary cooling path in refrigerator

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St. Joseph, MI, United States of America

Guolian Wu